Let's live our lives heroically Let's live them with style
Even if the two of us are ever torn apart
Take my revolution
In the sunlit garden, we both joined our hands
Drawing close for comfort, we both swore
Never again would we ever fall in love
I see that photo of us smiling, standing cheek to cheek
I look at it and a bit of loneliness starts to fill me
Even if I dream, even if I cry, even if I get hurt
Reality keeps on coming recklessly
I wanna find out where I am, the value of being me
Gonna take who I've been up till now
And find the strength to throw it all away
Strip down to nothing at all
Become like a rose petal blowing free!
Even if the two of us are ever torn apart
I swear that I will change the world
What is it? Something wrong?
Uh-uh, it's nothing.
Anyway, it looks like Toshiko ended up...
going over to Atsushi's place yesterday.
She might as well have just agreed in the first place, huh?
And besides that...
Mickey?
On your way to your piano lesson?
Yes, sir!
I have high hopes for you. Do your best.
Yes, sir. Um, are you feeling better now, sir?
I've caused you trouble, haven't I?
No, sir.
Actually, there is a problem I'd like to discuss with you, Mickey.
Hm? What's wrong?
Hey!
The World Seen from Kozue
Big Brother? Are you staying home today, too?
At...At least have something to eat.
Big Brother.
Don't worry, Big Brother.
I'll take care of the student council.
The student council!
The council members.
Swords strong enough to defeat Utena Tenjou...
may have crystallized inside of their hearts!
That is what my black rose tells me.
But they have already lost their duels.
The weak-hearted fools.
There are few who are able to freely use their own hearts.
This is especially true of young people.
It would be better to entrust the swords of their hearts to others.
That may result in the creation of strong Duelists.
I understand.
This is all to make you the Rose Bride. Let's consider this.
But drawing the swords from them...
will require people who have a hold on their hearts.
Kozue!
So, Kozue, I hear you have a new boyfriend!
I didn't really change boyfriends. I just added one.
OOH! Cool! I'm jealous!
You guys can do it, too, you know.
Well, in that case, introduce me to your brother.
Okay, but...
there's a girl he's been attracted to lately.
Calm down, Miki!
Just say "Would you like to play the piano...
with me tomorrow, Miss Himemiya?"
-Okay. -Hey there, Mickey!
I, er, well, I... I was just passing this way!
I wasn't doing anything weird!
Um, I mean...You know! Oh, what do I mean?!
Himemiya! Mickey's here!
Um, er, I r-r-really didn't come here for Miss Himemiya!
You know? It's a coincidence! I was just passing by, so...
Hello there!
Uh, um...
-Yes? -Um...
Choo-Choo is really cute!
It's Chu-Chu, not Choo-Choo.
"Choo-Choo" is the sound a mouse makes!
Oh, but I think that Choo-Choo is a nice name, too.
You really like the name Choo-Choo, Miss Himemiya?
Yes, I do.
Well, I like it, too! We have similar tastes!
I'm sorry. That really didn't come out right.
-Listen! -Yes?
You can do it! Just say it!
Miss Himemiya! Will you play the piano with me...
after school tomorrow?!
I'd like to introduce you to my music teacher!
I think he'll be amazed when he hears your playing! So...
Please! Won't you?
What can I do for you?
Last week, when that teacher fell down the stairs...
I've heard rumors. That it wasn't an accident. That he was pushed.
Even the victim wasn't sure if he fell or was pushed.
But, last night, he got a phone call saying...
that next time the "accident" would be worse.
I'm impressed, Miss Arisugawa. You know everything about it.
Not everything. For example...
Why do you hate him so much?
Because that man was always!
Always what?
I can't forgive anyone who would hurt Miki!
I made a milkshake. Want some?
I can't drink something that sweet.
Oh, I see. You must be Kozue!
Mickey told me all about you.
Wow. You really are twins.
If you were a boy, there'd be no difference between you two.
Miki and I are nothing alike.
That girl with the glasses...
What's her name?
It's Anthy Himemiya.
What about her?
If it cannot break its egg's shell, a chick will die without being born.
The chamber of freedom and the cage of freedom.
Without revealing the vastness of the sky...
both care for the chick.
Smash the world's cage!
For the revolution of the world!
Well? Are there any objections?
-None at all. -None at all.
Starting today, I'll be filling in for my brother.
I have the right to do this.
Any objections?
None at all.
-Except... -Except what?
We haven't been receiving any letters from End of the World lately.
Oh?
There's a boy who's attracted to Anthy?
And you're worried about it, right?
Well, she is my sister, after all.
But if she's enjoying her life here as a student, then I'm relieved.
Especially if she's making friends with girls like you.
Akio, you really care about your sister a lot, don't you?
Do I?
I don't have any siblings, so I don't really understand it.
What sort of relationship does a big brother have to his sister?
What's that?
It's the moon, right?
You don't normally think about it and it doesn't really serve any purpose.
But still, from time to time, you look up at it.
And it makes you feel better.
I wonder what's keeping Miss Himemiya.
Maybe I just showed up here a little too early.
You saw?!
What is it? You want to say something, right?
Say something?
Oh! Miss Himemiya!
Forgive me. I had to stop by the greenhouse on my way here.
Oh, don't worry!
I'm just glad that you came at all!
I have an interview scheduled for today.
I've been told. This way, please.
Middle school section, freshman, class B. Kozue Kaoru.
All right, please begin.
Miki is my twin brother.
He's always been very good to me ever since we were little.
He's put on the appearance of being all right lately.
But when I get hurt or disgraced...
it hurts Miki terribly inside!
I'm all he'll think about!
And that's why I intentionally date boys...
I know he disapproves of.
But...
Deeper. Go deeper.
But Miki's heart is drifting further and further towards that girl.
Further and further from me!
I understand.
Your only choice is to revolutionize the world.
The path you must take has been prepared for you.
Kozue.
Kozue?
What are you doing?!
That ring you have!
Isn't it nice?
It matches yours.
And this is the rose which blooms at the End of the World.
That is your new power.
Go on. Don't hesitate to take it!
-Hey, check it out! -What's going on?
What's up?
It's the schedule for our final exams!
Well, I may dread them, but I guess they have to come eventually.
Aw no, we've got English and math on the same day!
Extra! Extra! Extra!
Hot coffee, sandwiches, and cold beer for sale!
I'm the only one in this car, you know.
Hot coffee, sandwiches, and cold beer for sale!
Shut up! I don't want anything to drink!
I don't want anything to eat!
So ignore her.
Ooh!
'Scuse me! Coffee and a sandwich, please!
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse
Birth records, baptismal records, records of death
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse
My own birth, absolute birth
Apocalypse
A shining place in a desert of darkness
A gold-plated Shangri-La
Day and night turning back on one another
A time-plated Paradise Lost
The darkness of Sodom, the darkness of light
The darkness of distance, endless, endless darkness
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse
The absolute destiny: Apocalyptic darkness
Kozue, you?
Upon the Black Rose, I swear...
I shall win this duel and then kill the Rose Bride!
It's that black rose doing it again, huh?
That may be.
Now, Utena Tenjou! Draw your sword!
Do it, or else I'll take the Rose Bride!
That stance...It's the same one Mickey uses!
Time machine!
Zooming me to the past or the future!
Time machine!
Grant me the power to bring the world revolution!
Taking me back to my innocent childhood days
On the lotus blossom carpet playing with my dolls
That wondrous charm! Fi! Fi!
Confeito
That pretty kimono
Worn to my 7-5-3 visit
Snap out of it! You're not thinking straight!
Oh, my dream machine!
Anthy must die!
Scattered cherry blossoms
Taking me to my distant past self
Ten! Two! One! Zero! Take off!
I want everything to disappear!
Miki and I are the only things worthy of existence!
Time machine!
Zooming me to the past or the future
Her skill's amazing!
This is Miki's brilliance!
Time machine!
It's over.
Back to those days of dreams and hope
Miss Utena!
My hair tied back
A lunch-box in my hand!
That wondrous charm! Fi! Fi!
Amusement parks
Surprise to me, big peach tree
Somewhere in my heart
Oh, my dream machine!
Scattered dream blossoms!
Taking me to my distant past self
Ten! Two! One! Zero! Take off!
For her brother...
Kozue!
A failure.
But that was only the first.
There are other members of the student council.
What happened to that Black Rose Crest ring?
What Rose Crest ring?
Forget it. It's nothing.
Did I really faint from anemia?
Yeah. So just take it easy, all right?
Hey, will you make me a milkshake?
Always there for you.
You don't usually think about it and it doesn't serve any real purpose.
But from time to time, you look up at it...
and it makes you feel better, huh?
Come to me, Anthy.
Tonight, as always, I will comfort you.
Choo Choo...
Missing truth and forever, kissing love and true your heart
Hold me tight with your arms so true
The key to unlock tomorrow is reality
I want to keep on smashing lies apart
No matter how much the two of us may talk
You still just can't see anything
Excuses are fitting for adults who just cling to old stories
The angels who were passed over don't need wings to fly!
Missing truth and forever, kissing love and true your heart
I like who I'll be tomorrow and
I'll believe in myself because I want to believe
I want to keep on hating lies
Tell me, Miss Utena, do you know what a cowbell is?
A cowbell?
Not really. They don't use them much nowadays, do they?
Oh, Miss Nanami, that cowbell suits you so well!
What the?! Nanami! What's happened to you?!
It's like you don't really look human anymore, but...
Next time, on Revolutionary Girl Utena:
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse.
The Cowbell of Happiness
So, what is a cowbell, anyway?